We are delighted to offer the opportunity for students to travel to Uganda for 14 days in July 2020 to visit our partner school, Bunjakko Island Vocational School. This school is one of the Molly Paul Foundation schools; we have been collaborating with this charity for over 15 years and this will be our third […]
Stanley Keighley and Toby Preston write about their recent battlefields trip; On this year’s Battlefields Trip we took in some of the most breath-taking and emotional scenes. Being in France and Belgium, you really got a sense of what life was like for World War One soldiers. You learn about the World Wars in your […]
On Thursday the 31st of January, I spent a morning with our local police team (before the snow arrived and the college had to close!). I joined PC Steve Stoppard at Launceston Collage to work with a group of students from Year 9 on a project in their citizenship lesson, focusing on County Lines. County […]
On Friday the science and geography department welcomed Dr Hazel Beaumont to lead sessions for A level geology and geography students. Dr Beaumont is a lecturer at the University of West of England, Bristol, specialising in sedimentary geology. The geology session focussed on sedimentary geology particularly on fluvial, desert and marine environments. Students had the […]
Over the past few weeks our Year 8 Citizenship students have been busy becoming active citizens, making a difference to plastic packaging in our supermarkets. Having researched into the issue of plastic pollution they have realised the relevance of the problem to their lives in Cornwall. Students have been inspired to take action. The individuals […]
In light of the centenary of World War One, Kevin Eady, a member of the Tavistock Peace Action Group, was invited into the College to talk to Year 9 students about World War One. His lecture was titled: World War One, Myth and Reality. As a self-confessed anarchist, Kevin gave an interesting interpretation of the […]
Twenty-three students and three staff visited Iceland in October 2018. It was primarily a science and geography field trip, but there was a chance to learn about culture, folk-lore, cuisine and so much more. On our first day we visited some natural and man-made sites on the Reykjanes peninsula, whilst acclimatising to the low temperatures […]
On the 16th November our Year 12 geography students made the journey to Penhale corner, Perranporth. As we ventured out from Perran Sands holiday park we were greeted with a breath-taking cliff top view across the Atlantic Ocean. Our intrepid geographers, equipped with ranging poles and clinometers, set out across the dunes in search of […]
GCSE Citizenship students interview PC Stoppard about the powers of the police and the types and purposes of sentencing. A huge thank you to PC Stoppard for coming into our lesson today. We asked him lots of questions about his powers as a police officer and how those powers work, for example stop and search. […]
Year 7 Humanities students have been learning about the geology of our county. They have been examining different rocks and asking questions to develop their understanding and inquiring minds. They will follow this up by learning about the Bude Formations; the amazing features that you see as you walk along the coastline at Bude. We […]
25 Apr 2019
The four students participating in this year’s Challenge (Emily 11ACS, Sam 11ITA, Dylan 9KAL, Nicole 10EP) have their final Read more →
24 Apr 2019
Four Year 10 girls spent the first week of the Easter holidays in Croatia as part of an on-going Read more →
5 Apr 2019
The British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) is a charitable trust that operates out of the Physics Department at Oxford University. Read more →